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<td class="v">10:1</td>
<td>The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.</td>
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<td class="v">10:2</td>
<td>Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.</td>
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<td class="v">10:3</td>
<td>The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.</td>
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<td class="v">10:4</td>
<td>He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.</td>
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<td class="v">10:5</td>
<td>He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.</td>
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<td class="v">10:6</td>
<td>Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.</td>
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<td class="v">10:7</td>
<td>The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.</td>
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<td class="v">10:8</td>
<td>The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.</td>
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<td class="v">10:9</td>
<td>He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.</td>
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<td class="v">10:10</td>
<td>He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.</td>
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<td class="v">10:11</td>
<td>The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.</td>
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<td class="v">10:12</td>
<td>Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.</td>
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<td class="v">10:13</td>
<td>In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.</td>
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<td class="v">10:14</td>
<td>Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.</td>
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<td class="v">10:15</td>
<td>The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.</td>
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<td class="v">10:16</td>
<td>The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.</td>
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<td class="v">10:17</td>
<td>He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.</td>
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<td class="v">10:18</td>
<td>He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.</td>
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<td class="v">10:19</td>
<td>In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.</td>
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<td class="v">10:20</td>
<td>The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.</td>
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<td class="v">10:21</td>
<td>The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.</td>
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<td class="v">10:22</td>
<td>The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.</td>
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<td class="v">10:23</td>
<td>It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.</td>
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<td class="v">10:24</td>
<td>The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.</td>
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<td class="v">10:25</td>
<td>As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.</td>
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<td class="v">10:26</td>
<td>As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.</td>
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<td class="v">10:27</td>
<td>The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.</td>
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<td class="v">10:28</td>
<td>The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.</td>
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<td class="v">10:29</td>
<td>The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.</td>
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<td class="v">10:30</td>
<td>The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.</td>
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<td class="v">10:31</td>
<td>The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.</td>
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<td class="v">10:32</td>
<td>The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.</td>
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